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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Oldest Half Marathoner!!

Fauja Singh in Addidas 'Nothing is impossible' advertising campaign

His name crops up often in discussions on how runners can push themselves and accomplish anything at any age and why not. Most recently he was in the news for achieving the distinction of being the 'oldest half marathon runner' when he completed the Inter Faith Luxemourg Half marathon in 3:29 on 16th May. While there are many many amazing older long distance runners Fauja Singh certainly stands out. I hope he is able to meet his goal of running London marathon at the age of 100 in 2011.

Fauja Singh moved to London in 1992 from a small village near Jallandhar to live with his son after his wife's death. He took up jogging to beat the boredom of just sitting at home. He shot to fame, when aged 89, he completed his first marathon in 6 hours and 54 minutes in 2000. He holds the marathon record for the 90 plus age group at 5 hrs 40 minutes.